The great arrival of Spider-Man to the MCU was one of the most anticipated events by fans, but at the same time one of the most traumatic for Sony Pictures.
One of the most important things about the advancement of the Marvel Cinematic Universe they have been the most recent incorporations. The company obtained the purchase of the studios of Fox and, on the other hand, the granting of some licenses with Sony Pictures. This allowed ‘La Casa de las Ideas’ to unify a large part of its repertoire of characters in the productions. Spider-man He was one of those who arrived after many years outside the scheme.
The good friend and neighbor was owned by Sony, the company that had already made five films of the same. The first trilogy was directed by Sam raimi and starring Tobey Maguire. In turn, the following was led by the talent of Andrew Garfield. Despite this, the hero was isolated and was not part of something greater, all due to contractual issues of the firms.
However, the effort and insistence of Kevin Feige as CEO of Marvel Studios it paid off and the arachnid appeared in Captain America: Civil War, interpreted by Tom holland, making the New York vigilante debut at the UCM.
Nevertheless, Sony he never considered this to be an advantage. Such was the resistance of the company that Amy pascal, who ran the multinational for many years, commented on how all this was for her. The experience was recorded in the book entitled The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Confessions
“At first, I was super resentful”Commented the businesswoman. «I think I started crying and kicked him out of my office, or threw him a sandwich, not sure which”.
“So she started to think it over«, The text continues. “In the fifth film of [Spider-Man], we weren’t giving them anything new. And I have to be honest about it, we were trying to be different, we even went to places to be different that we shouldn’t have. We were no longer fresh”Pascal concluded.
Statements via: Screen rant